Yang Young-ja

Yang Young-Ja (Korean: 양영자; Hanja: 梁英子; RR: Yang Yeong-ja; born July 6, 1964) is a retired female table tennis player from South Korea.[1]

In this Korean name, the family name is Yang.
Yang Young-ja
Personal information
Born (1964-07-06) July 6, 1964
Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportTable tennis
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul Doubles
World Championships
1987 New Delhi Doubles
1983 Tokyo Singles
1987 New Delhi Singles
1987 New Delhi Team
1985 Gothenburg Team
1987 New Delhi Mixed doubles
Asian Games
1986 Seoul Team
1982 New Delhi Team
1982 New Delhi Singles
1986 Seoul Singles
1986 Seoul Doubles
1986 Seoul Mixed Doubles

Table tennis career

She won gold medals in women's doubles at the 1987 ITTF World Championships[2] [3] and the 1988 Summer Olympics, together with Hyun Jung-Hwa. She is also a two-time women's singles world champion runner-up in 1983 and 1987.[4][5]

She retired right after the 1988 Summer Olympics, and currently resides in Seoul working as a table tennis coach responsible for the junior team of South Korea.

See also

References
  1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  4. Yang Yeong-Ja. sports-reference.com
  5. Table Tennis at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Doubles. sports-reference.com
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